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ENV/DEV/1340

Countries Agree to Explore Options for Sustainable Development Goals as Discussions Aimed at Shaping Future United Nations Development Agenda Get Under Way

Member States have completed a first round of discussions aimed at articulating a set of new set of sustainable development goals that will shape the United Nations development agenda. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a two-day inaugural meeting of the new General Assembly working group tasked with proposing new universal sustainable development goals that should build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals while inspiring and galvanizing action.
SC/10945

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes One Individual from Its Sanctions List

On 18 March 2013, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (delisting) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:
Note No. 6385

Palestinian Rights Committee, Permanent Observer Mission to Host Special Screening of Documentary ‘Arafat’ at Headquarters, 20 March

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine are pleased to announce a special screening of the documentary "Arafat", dedicated to the leadership and legacy of the Palestinian leader whose name has become synonymous with a life-long struggle for the legitimate Palestinian rights.